socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home technical support and services firm headed by Eric Greenspan, told its customers Monday that it has launched a brand new, membership program called MIW Digital Advantage. Make It Work provides IT and computer help to home users, dispatched in the company's signature red Mini Cooper cars.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. The company now offers up its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Almost everyone of a technical bent in the technology industry is familiar with that old routine: your parents, your friends, and your neighbors inevitably calls you for free technical support. However, almost no one really wants to be that technical support person. Why in home technical support?

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2015

Tired of being the tech support person for your parents? Los Angeles-based HelloTech.com , a provider of in-home technical support and sales help, said Tuesday that it has launched a brand new site to help people purchase home technology services and products for their parents. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The startup uses college students in order to provide in home technical support, with a focus on older users. The company said its expansion will start with adding services in Orange County, and eventually to a number of other, major metropolitan areas.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Residential solar installation company Sunrun , which is based in San Francisco, said on Wednesday that it is opening up a new solar design engineering center in Irvine, where it expects to hire at least 50. Sunrun said the Irvine facility will be used as part of its process of designing residential solar power systems for its customers.

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Tech.Co

JULY 10, 2017

The Envestnet | Yodlee Incubator helps developers and entrepreneurs launch disruptive data-driven companies and accelerate their growth. Participants get Yodlee’s APIs, technical support, mentorship and access to the Yodlee ecosystem. Envestnet | Yodlee Incubator by Jeff Cain. No need to move, no equity required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Additionally, research has revealed that the average age of the founders of technology companies in the United States is a surprisingly high 39 - with twice as many over age 50 as under age 25. In every one of the last 15 years, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 have had a higher rate of entrepreneurial growth than Gen-Y, aged 20–34.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

BuddyHelp was launched in this proto-Internet environment and was immediately used by businesses to provide hands-on technical support. At companies such as SaskTel, Gateway and Cablevision, customer support agents used BuddyHelp to access their customers’ computers and handle their technical support issues.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The companies said that they will jointly focus on sales, marketing, and technical support. The firms said that they will partner to address the machine-to-machine (M2M) market, by developing co-branded, CDMA modules developed by Novatel in Cinterion's form factor. READ MORE>>.

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Frank Addante

MAY 21, 2013

What would your company do if you declared a day without email or instant messenger? Engineers having conversations with people in finance; technical support team members exchanging ideas with product managers. Businesses ran before email. Sure, not as efficiently, but I often wonder if that forced better prioritization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2019

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. These trends seem likely to persist. What all of this means is that boomers will have more impact and power in the marketplace for a lot longer than most people expected.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2008

According to Solarflare, El-Gev Electronics will handle pre- and post-sales actiivty and technical support for its products. Irvine-based Solarflare, a developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, said this morning that the firm has signed a distribution deal with an Israeli firm, El-Gev Electronics.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Companies typically rebrand themselves for two distinct reasons. Such attempts are seldom successful, as rebranding typically does not address the systemic issues causing the company to fail. RIM''s management made the brilliant decision to change the company''s name to BlackBerry, Ltd. Jimmy To James.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While some organizations may have the resources to manage their own network, an in-house team without the right technical prowess may still struggle to handle their networks in the most cost-effective and productive way. MNSPs can provide companies with the knowledge and expertise needed to optimize their infrastructure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. These trends seem likely to persist. What all of this means is that boomers will have more impact and power in the marketplace for a lot longer than most people expected.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2015

Unfortunately, many of these companies fail to properly monetize such non-paying users. Anyone, including well-healed, large companies, could offer state-of-the-art technical support for free. This is a risky, as many of your users will be initially introduced to your company via your free offering. Let''s face it.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Second thing that we do is encourage large organizations, companies like Google, Intel and Facebook, to invest in Tech City. Many companies set up here so that they can penetrate that massive market, actually left alone from the rest of the noise of Silicon Valley. Britain has long been known as a multi-national trading nation.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2015

Network and meet kindred tech spirits that can take you or your company to the next level. Press looking to rub elbows with the latest and greatest tech companies from the SoCal area. This include technical support, access to Microsoft software and more. . Free food and cocktails. Who Should Attend? Is this you?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

Current users of the service should not worry as Google promises continued technical support until their contracts expire and advice on which service to take up. It’s now outdated, so we’re turning off Chatback and encouraging websites to use the Meebo bar , from an instant message company recently acquired by Google.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2015

If Smucker’s can annually generate hundreds of millions in sales for a variety of food products, there is little risk that a mediocre company or product name will preclude you from achieving similar success. The value of an ideal name, attached to a product or company that does not deliver an economically viable value proposition, is zero.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2015

If you do it right, you’ll make your company the go-to when it comes time to buy. These tips will set you in the right direction when preparing for the holidays, but they won’t do much if you don’t have the technical support necessary to follow up with customers and transactions. 8 Stuff some stockings.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

Philosophically, we''re not wedded to one company or platform, and will go where the audience is, which just happens to be on YouTube right now. Cenk Uygur: We''re not exclusive, although YouTube has been absolutely great to us. Some people make the mistake of not being on YouTube, and live to regret it. Just do it.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company. One of the other things we do very well, and where we have engineering expertise, is we provide one-off, interactive IVR solutions for media companies in the Los Angeles Area. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. These trends seem likely to persist. What all of this means is that boomers will have more impact and power in the marketplace for a lot longer than most people expected.

Entrepreneur 118

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

The authors outlined the multitude of services that every company should consider offering, whether they be startups or more mature organizations. These range from extended warranties, to home delivery and setup, to on-site technical support. Here is just a sampling to give you the idea: Software as a service (SaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. These trends seem likely to persist. What all of this means is that boomers will have more impact and power in the marketplace for a lot longer than most people expected.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. These trends seem likely to persist. What all of this means is that boomers will have more impact and power in the marketplace for a lot longer than most people expected.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads Finally, an easier way for Small and Mid-Sized Companies to Run Their Business Applications: IBM Smart Business IBM From the PC to the Internet to every piece of hardware and software in. Novell was rated the top provider of Linux technical support. it is the stuff of nightmares.

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